Delhi High Court – Orders
Ajay Kumar Sharma & Ors vs State & Anr on 11 August, 2025
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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ CRL.M.C. 2565/2025
AJAY KUMAR SHARMA & ORS. .....Petitioners
Through: Mr. Nitesh Kumar, Adv. with
petitioner no. 1 in person.
versus
STATE & ANR. .....Respondents
Through: Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for the
State with SI Abhimanyu PS Sonia Vihar.
Mr. Vikash Kumar, Mr. Jitesh Sharma and
Mr. Nikhil Yadav, Advs. with respondent no. 2 in
person.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL
ORDER
% 11.08.2025
CRL.M.A. 11473/2025 (exemption)
1. Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
2. The application stands disposed of.
CRL.M.C. 2565/2025
3. The instant petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik
Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter “BNSS”) [earlier Section 482 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter “CrPC.”)] has been filed on
behalf of the petitioners praying for quashing of FIR No. 378/2020
registered at P.S. Sonia Vihar, for the offences punishable under Sections
498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter “IPC“).
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4. The brief facts of the case are that the marriage between petitioner no.
1 and respondent no. 2 was solemnized on 16.02.2015 at District Auraiya,
Uttar Pradesh, according to Hindu rites and ceremonies. A male child was
born from the said wedlock on 30.08.2018. As per the alleged allegation, on
21.06.2019, respondent no. 2 was ousted by the petitioners from her
matrimonial home.
5. Despite several efforts of reconciliation, both the parties could not
settle their differences pursuant to which respondent no. 2 got FIR no.
378/2020 registered.
6. However, at this stage, with the intervention of family members and
relatives, both the parties have entered into a settlement on 02.02.2024
before Delhi Medication Centre, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi. The terms and
conditions of the said settlement are mentioned in the settlement which is
annexed as Annexure-P3 to the petition. In pursuance of the said settlement,
the parties have started living together.
7. It is, thus, prayed that the instant FIR be quashed on the basis of
settlement agreement dated 02.02.2024.
8. Learned APP for the State submitted that there is no opposition to the
prayer made on behalf of the petitioners seeking quashing of the FIR in
question in view of the settlement arrived at between the parties.
9. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.
10. The petitioners are present before this Court and have been identified
by their counsel and the Investigating Officer, P.S. Sonia Vihar. Respondent
no. 2 is also present in the Court and has been identified by her counsel and
the Investigating Officer.
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11. The instant criminal proceedings in respect of non-compoundable
offences are private in nature and do not have a serious impact on society,
especially when there is a settlement/compromise between victim and
accused.
12. In such cases, it is settled law that High Court is also required to
consider the conduct and antecedents of the accused in order to ascertain
that the settlement has been entered into by her own free will and has not
been imposed upon her by the petitioner or any person related to him.
13. In the case of State of Madhya Pradesh vs. Laxmi Narayan and Ors.,
(2019) 5 SCC 688, the Hon’ble Supreme Court held that the powers
conferred under Section 482 of the CrPC/Section 528 of the BNSS, can be
exercised by the Courts to quash the criminal proceedings featuring non-
compoundable offences, when the matter arises out of matrimonial or family
disputes. Moreover, it is pertinent to satisfy the Court that the said non-
compoundable offences are private in nature and does not have a serious
impact on the society.
14. Furthermore, it was observed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the
case of Ramgopal and Ors. Vs. The State of Madhya Pradesh, 2021 INSC
568, that the extraordinary power enjoined upon the High Courts under
Section 482 of the CrPC/Section 528 of the BNSS can be invoked even
when such a case falls within the ambit of non-compoundable offences
given that the Court must be satisfied that the nature of the offence does not
impact the conscious of the society and that the compromise between the
parties is voluntary and amicable.
15. In the present case, the complainant/respondent no. 2 is present in
Court and has categorically stated that she has entered into compromise and
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settled the entire disputes amicably with the petitioners by her own free will
without any pressure or coercion. There is also no allegation from
respondent no.2 that the conduct and antecedents of petitioners have been
bad towards her after the compromise. As per the settlement, the respondent
no. 2 has received the entire settled amount. Further, she submitted that she
has no objection to the present FIR being quashed.
16. Therefore, in view of the settlement arrived at between the parties and
the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court, the present petition is
allowed. Accordingly, FIR No. 378/2020, registered at P.S. Sonia Vihar, for
the offences punishable under Sections 498A/406/34 of the IPC and all the
consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.
17. The petition along-with pending application(s), if any, stands disposed
of.
AJAY DIGPAUL, J
AUGUST 11, 2025/AS/yr
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